Gracia Olayo

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Gracia Olayo
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Gracia Olayo (centre) next to her twin (right)
Born (1957-08-19) 19 August 1957 (age 66)
Madrid, Spain
Occupation Actress

Gracia Olayo (born 19 August 1957) is a Spanish stage, television and film actress.

Biography

Gracia Olayo was born in Madrid on 19 August 1957,[1] into a family of 19 siblings.[2] She has another twin sister, Sole Olayo, also an actress.[3][4] She worked for 11 years (until age 30) as a flight attendant.[5][2] In 1988, she founded the comedy trio Las Veneno (es), which became a duo (consisting of Gracia and her twin Sole) in the 1990s.[6] By 1999, she was working in Antena 3's show Sorpresa ¡Sorpresa! (es) as a steward.[7]

Some early film credits in her acting career include performance in Historias de la puta mili (es) (1994), El efecto mariposa (1995), Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí (1997), 800 Bullets (2002), Bulgarian Lovers (2004) and The Ferpect Crime (2004).[6][5]

Her character of Rosa Ruano (providing comic relief) in fantasy television series Los protegidos from 2010 to 2012 became popular, providing Olayo a platform to reach to younger audiences, going on to perform for 4 years in Los Javis' (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi) stage play La llamada, in replacement of Llum Barrera (es).[8][5] She also reprise her role of Sor Bernarda in the film adaptation of the stage play, La llamada (known under the English-language title Holy Camp!) which was also directed by Los Javis.[9] In 2018 she featured alongside Pedro Casablanc as (foster) parents of the title character of superhero comedy Superlópez.[10] Olayo joined the second season of another superhero comedy work, the series The Neighbor, to portray the Mayor of Madrid, obssessed with bringing a Summer Olympics to the city.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 800 balas (800 Bullets) Juli [12]
2004 Los novios búlgaros (Bulgarian Lovers) Rosita [13]
2004 Crimen ferpecto (The Ferpect Crime) Concha [14]
2010 Balada triste de trompeta (The Last Circus) Sonsoles [15]
2014 Musarañas (Shrew's Nest) Doña Puri [16]
2017 La llamada (Holy Camp!) Sor Bernarda [9]
2018 Superlópez [10]
2020 Hasta que la boda nos separe (The Wedding Unplanner) Lourdes [17]
2020 Las mejores familias Carmen [18]
TBD Fenómenas Paz [19]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2006 Mujeres Susana Main [20]
2008 Plutón B.R.B. Nero Merche Main [21]
2010–12 Los protegidos Rosa Ruano Main [22][23]
2013 Con el culo al aire Mamen [24]
2016 La sonata del silencio (The Sonata of Silence) Juana [25]
2021 El Vecino (The Neighbor) Alcaldesa de Madrid Introduced in season 2 [11]
2021 Los protegidos: El regreso Rosa Ruano Reprise of role in Los protegidos [26]
2021 Supernormal Marisol [27]

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2007 16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Minor Role Mujeres Won [28][29]
2016 25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actress in a Secondary Role La llamada Nominated [30][31]
2018 5th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Film Holy Camp! Nominated [32]
27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role Nominated [33][34]

References

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